Marathi songs by C Ramchandra

Coming to the final post of the series. So far we considered his Hindi film career. Today's post throws light on his Marathi film and non-film songs. After separating from Lata Mangeshkar and Rajendra Krishan, his Hindi film career suffered a setback and slowly he disappeared from the popular Hindi cinema. It was in this …

C Ramchandra – 60s & 70s

I welcome readers to the fifth part of the series. I will cover Chitalkar's career in the 60s and 70s. The period wasn't a successful part of his career. Still when Lata Mangeshkar sang for him again, he could recreate magic. Stree (1961) and Bahu Rani (1963) are a couple of examples. It was surprising …

C Ramchandra – The 50s (Part II)

Celebrating the 100th post on my blog. Today I'm presenting the fourth part of 'C Ramchandra' series. I will highlight his films from 1956- 1960. In comparison to the previous half of the decade, where he had thirty films to his credit, the last half had only sixteen. The percentage of hit songs or popular …

C Ramchandra – The 50s (Part I)

Let's celebrate Chitalkar's 102nd birthday with his songs from the 1950s. He has a large chunk of films from the 1950s. For convenience, I have divided the decade in two parts. Today's part will cover 1951 to 1955, with around 30 films to consider. That means six films per year on average. This is really …

C Ramchandra – The 1940s

(C Ramchandra : 12th January 1918 to 5th January 1982) Welcome to the second part of the series. It's his 37th Death Anniversary today and he surely deserves to be remembered. In today's post, let's take a look at the early years and the first decade of his career, the 1940s. Born on 12th January …

Mehfil celebrates ‘C Ramchandra’ Month!

Let me first wish all the readers and well wishers, a very happy and prosperous new year 2020. May all your wishes come true and let it be a healthy and safe year for all. My blog recently completed two and a half years. In these years I tried to cover many stalwarts and some …